2005 Subaru WRX
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2005 Subaru WRX
Well my friend just got a brand new Subby after upgrading from his somewhat ricey Golf. Well I gotta say this car made me envious as hell. I wanted to scrap my TL and go for one. Anyways, of course we were going to race, so we went to a cleared private two lane to test it out. I've got a 50 shot of nitrous in my TL and the first time we raced he beat me by a car length. I was kinda baffled, because I was expecting to win by a good bit. Well, I figured out me being a dumbass I didn't switch the wide open throttle switch. I was about to start pulling tons of excuses out of my ass. "that awd works wonders", "you got a head start"(which he somewhat did). Anyways we had a rematch. This time I remembered to hit the switch. Right off of the line I got a good lead and kept it the whole way. Hit 90 and had a good 5-6 car lead. If there were any types of turns though he woulda raped me because that cars handling is amazing.
On another not raced a riced Ford Poon-Tang. Had 3 people in the car to watch the kid get humiliated. Wasn't even a race. A riced muscle car is a disgrace.
On another not raced a riced Ford Poon-Tang. Had 3 people in the car to watch the kid get humiliated. Wasn't even a race. A riced muscle car is a disgrace.
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That was from my prespective. He drives a stick, so I definitly think it was him that time and not the car, but the 50 shot made an enormous difference.
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Your TL can't possibly be stock.....what other mods do you have, cause a 50 shot wouldn't be enough for you to take a WRX otherwise....unless the guy can't drive a 5spd. 5-6 car lengths seems quite excessive too.
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Originally Posted by optionet
Wrx isnt that fast, unless its the sti. My friend has a WRX, and when we raced, he can only beat me thru 2nd, when i hit 3rd, i start to catch up.
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i dont know what you have a tl, tls, or new tl. but if a tl-s or new tl i see no reason why you couldnt have kept up to a stock wrx. with the 50 shot you should have beat him. an STI or even the LGT is a diff story.
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Originally Posted by FastAcura
Should we be able to keep up with an STi from a roll with an Icebox and Headers or would they walk away from us?
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Originally Posted by fiveoh-tl
Either you've got some mods or he's letting up. WRXs are quick......STIs are insane.
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wrx??
i dunno now, me and this wrx were getting off an on ramp onto the highway and he was riding my tail and i heard his fart pipe all the way down the ramp, so i slowed to around 30-40, put it in the sport shift, dropped it down to 2nd and cought out on his ass he eventually cought me but it was around 125-130mph well after a quarter mile, and i am all stock
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nice kill..
The stock WRX would not be as quick as a TypeS CL from a roll on highway race. They are much better suited to short sprint time runs where a quick burst is needed.
The stock WRX would not be as quick as a TypeS CL from a roll on highway race. They are much better suited to short sprint time runs where a quick burst is needed.
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Originally Posted by FastAcura
Should we be able to keep up with an STi from a roll with an Icebox and Headers or would they walk away from us?
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I can run a test....I have an 01 CL-S, only mods are icebox and comptech headers. My cousin has an 04 STi, bone stock. We've never raced, mainly cause I don't want to lose (up until about a year ago, I was driving a Z28 and he was driving a Civic EX, so I used to pick on him alot, but now the tables have turned big time). I'll see if we can't run an experiment to see if/how a lightly modded CL-S keeps up with an STi.
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I'm curious as well...how would a race against an Evo/STI go from a roll. We all know from a dig we'd get our asses handed to us. But for me for example, I've got I/H, and I was curious if I could stay w/ one from a roll, particularly on the hwy??
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Originally Posted by Dem1K
I'm curious as well...how would a race against an Evo/STI go from a roll. We all know from a dig we'd get our asses handed to us. But for me for example, I've got I/H, and I was curious if I could stay w/ one from a roll, particularly on the hwy??
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Originally Posted by Dem1K
I'm curious as well...how would a race against an Evo/STI go from a roll. We all know from a dig we'd get our asses handed to us. But for me for example, I've got I/H, and I was curious if I could stay w/ one from a roll, particularly on the hwy??
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what does your car trap? i've trapped 100 a couple of times so they'd definitely walk me.
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Originally Posted by Dem1K
I'm curious as well...how would a race against an Evo/STI go from a roll. We all know from a dig we'd get our asses handed to us. But for me for example, I've got I/H, and I was curious if I could stay w/ one from a roll, particularly on the hwy??
w/ a 75 shot i would have a good shot against one though. a stock one.
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so even from a roll they'd kick our ass huh? I thought it would be much closer due to the fact that the AWD won't help in the situation. Don't get me wrong guys, I figured I'd still lose, just not by much from a roll.
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well if you trap 97-98, and the subie traps 105, that's an ass whoopin'.
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